{"id":5072,"date":"2018-01-09T08:34:36","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T13:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/?p=5072"},"modified":"2018-01-10T09:25:11","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T14:25:11","slug":"hassle-dorchester-art-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/2018\/01\/09\/hassle-dorchester-art-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Folks Behind Boston Hassle Music Shows To Run Dorchester Art Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dorchester Art Project<\/a>\u2014the artist-run, alternative space in Boston\u2019s Dorchester neighborhood devoted to \u201cinnovative artistic practice outside of the city\u2019s academic institutions and commercial galleries\u201d\u2014is under new leadership.<\/p>\n

Brain Arts Organization<\/a>\u2014the Boston music and arts nonprofit known for its boundary-pushing local music and arts programming via its Boston Hassle<\/a> shows and website, monthly Boston Compass newspaper, and bi-monthly Black Market flea market\u2014took over the lease on the 5,000-square-foot, second-floor space at 1486 Dorchester Ave. on Jan. 1, according to Dan Shea.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re just ultra excited to finally have a space of our own,\u201d Shea says. \u201cWe\u2019re very excited to be in Dorchester. We\u2019re very excited to be right on the Red Line. We\u2019re very excited to make this space as awesome as it can be.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Melissa<\/a>
Melissa Weikart performs in a Boston Hassle show at Dorchester Art Project, Dec. 17, 2017 (Omari Spears)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Beginning around 2010 or so, Shea and Sam Potrykus founded Boston Hassle and then Brain Arts. Last year, they produced more than 100 shows around greater Boston\u2014including one at the Dorchester Art Project on Dec. 17<\/a> (pictured here in photos by Omari Spears).<\/p>\n

For a while now, the Hassle folks have been talking about their desire to have their own music and arts space. \u201cWe\u2019ll be continuing to try to open a full-fledged venue,\u201d Shea says, \u201cbut an opportunity arose to take over an art space that was going to cease to exist. So we\u2019ve taken over and signed a five-year lease.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shea says, \u201cWe\u2019re staggering toward legitimacy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Legitimacy? That sounds horrible.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t worry,\u201d Shea says. \u201cWe\u2019ll always be staggering.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Rectrix<\/a>
Rectrix performs in a Boston Hassle show at Dorchester Art Project, Dec. 17, 2017 (Omari Spears)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Dorchester Art Project (\u201cWe\u2019re keeping that name,\u201d Shea says, to maintain continuity) began as a cooperative studio and gallery space around 2011 under the name Howard Art Project<\/a>. At the end of May 2015, it transformed into the Dorchester Art Project, when they announced they were \u201chanding over the space to some longtime friends and collaborators. We are very happy to report that the space will continue to function as a studio and exhibition space, but under a different name, different mission, and a new cast of organizers. We wish them well.”<\/p>\n

Now the baton has been passed again. Shea says they plan to maintain the 13 artist studios (rentals), two galleries, and an existing artist-in-residence program, while they continue to also produce shows allover town.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a multifaceted art and music space,\u201d Shea says. \u201cWe\u2019re going to try to run it as much as a venue as we can.\u201d They\u2019re still figuring out the permitting.<\/p>\n

Art programming there will be lead by Sophia Giordano, Jameson Johnson, Emma Leavitt and Chloe DuBois. Shea and Potrykus will lead the music, film, performance art, music lessons, pop up shops and so on. They note that \u201cthe space(s) in our space are available for rent by the public as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dorchester Art Project\u2014the artist-run, alternative space in Boston\u2019s Dorchester neighborhood devoted to \u201cinnovative artistic practice outside of the city\u2019s academic institutions and commercial galleries\u201d\u2014is under new leadership. Brain Arts Organization\u2014the Boston music and arts nonprofit known for its boundary-pushing local music and arts programming via its Boston Hassle shows and website, monthly Boston Compass newspaper, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5019,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,101],"tags":[37,201,202,204,203],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5072"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5072"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5117,"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5072\/revisions\/5117"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}